荷藕是我省里下河地区传统的土特产品。1985年全市种植荷藕达10万亩,亩产2000多斤,亩产值稳定在千元左右。其产品不但供应国内市场,还远销日本等国,特别是宝应县经精制而成的“鹅毛雪片”优质藕粉,更是盛誉中外。 Dutch lotus is a traditional native product of Lixiahe area in our province. In 1985, the city’s lotus root cultivation amounted to 100,000 mu, with a yield of 2,000 kilos per mu. The output value of mu was stable at about 1,000 yuan. Its products not only supply the domestic market, but also exported to Japan and other countries, especially from the refined Baoying County “goose flakes” high-quality lotus root starch, but also renowned at home and abroad.